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Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants
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Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants … Guidelines > Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants Print Share Facebook LinkedIn Email … CPG information Other resources CPG feedback Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants …
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Unsettled or crying babies
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Unsettled or crying babies PIC Endorsed See also Gastrooesophageal reflux disease in infants Non-IgE … in otherwise well infants Need to differentiate normal infant physiological reflux from reflux disease … for infants with physiological reflux, irritability or unsettled behaviours Simethicone eg Infacol TM …
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Brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE)
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event (BRUE) PIC Endorsed See also Gastrooesophageal reflux in infants Afebrile seizures Child Abuse Key … serious (more common) Laryngospasm, choking, gagging Gastro-oesophageal reflux Normal infant movement … points Most infants presenting with a brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE) do not have a serious …
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Urinary tract infection
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non-specific in infants and young children Urine dipstick is a useful screening test, but a positive urine … children with UTI. Children who are seriously unwell/septic, infants <6 months with structural … abnormalities and infants <3 months usually require IV antibiotics Ultrasound during the acute stage of illness …
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Pyloric stenosis
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and young infant Dehydration Intravenous fluids Key Points Classical clinical and biochemical features … Recurrent and progressively more forceful. May be projectile May occur shortly after feeding Infant may … from the left side with the infant settled and supine. May be difficult to palpate. May require …
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Antenatal urinary tract dilation
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tract infection Recognition of the seriously unwell neonate and young infant Key points Dilation … tract obstruction and vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) are important causes that may result in severe … increase the level of concern Management Management of an infant with UTD diagnosed antenatally Management …
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Whooping cough (pertussis)
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Gastroesophageal reflux in infants Key points Pertussis is a notifiable disease in Australia Antibiotics reduce …, or after treatment with antibiotics for 5 days Infants ≤6 months of age are at greatest risk of severe … parapertussis, a less severe illness; not notifiable) Spread by respiratory droplets Infants ≤6 months of age …
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Cerebral palsy
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Infants with (or at high risk of) CP benefit from early intervention to optimise functional outcomes … non-progressive damage to the developing infant or fetal brain 75% of cases are secondary to events … of assessment is to identify at-risk infants, establish a clinical CP diagnosis, identify the underlying cause …
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Bradycardia during sleep
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stimulation eg in neonates or infants: reflux, apnoea, immature respiratory regulation Management If the child …
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Vomiting
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/infant Consider inborn errors of metabolism See Metabolic disorders Other Specific pattern of vomiting … bulging fontanelle in infant Neck stiffness, photophobia and fever in older child Signs of peritonitis … Diarrhoea in children Vomiting Reflux and GORD Nausea Last updated September 2025 Reference List Australian …